Lining for traction vehicles



APPLICATWII FILI!) JUNE B. 92h

PatentdJune 6, 1922.

2 SHEETS-WE1 2.

wumtos' Edward C. Umsn Iliver Edge,

EDWARD CLEMENT UNSER, 0F RIVER EDGE, JERSEY.

LINING FCR TRACTION VEHICLES.

Application filed )une 8, fo all u1/0111,21

Beit known citizen of the may camera: that l, Ennemi C'. UNSER. allnited States. residing at in the rountxy of l'lelgrtn and State of NewJersey. have invented certain new and useful lmproveincnts in Liningsfor Traction Vehivles. ol which the foliowing: is a specification.

' M v said invention relates to an improved inner lining for rara usedin ahippiingr grain. or other fluent. material and it is an objet-t ofthe invention to provide a lining which shall'prevent losas of materialhv leakage through the sides. ends or bottom of the. rar.

Other objerts of the invention are to provid:` urb a lining which lshallbe made of cheapv materials. which univ be applied to u rar with aminimum expense and which when so applied shall rffertivelyprevontlealmge of material. forminlgr as it does, suhstantiall)T a hap;closed on all sides, the top oni)r being open.

Another object ot' the invention is topro vide Sorb a. hay.r whirh mayhe folded into a. Small t'ompart hundle. for storage or trani-t`portation.

llriferriingr to the aroonipanyiug drawings whirh are mudo a part hereofand on which similar reference vlaai-actors indicate .similar parts.

Figurol is a vPrtiral seetion on line l-l of Figure 2 showing: a freightrar with my improved lining in place.

Figure 2 is a .longitudinal section on line 2-2 of 4Figure l.

Figure 3 is a section on line l-Ji of Fig-uro 2. 4

Figui-o 4 shows in v improved lining in open position. and

liguro 5 .shows the same lolded for transportation or storagni,

lu the dra wings rel'vvoiu'e rhararter dientes a Fi-right. rar of' an)ronventioual usual. lily lll indesirahlv or tvpr having Iside doors 1las improved linin;r vom wisc-.va bottom part. 12 which is upturnmi attho sides to forni a lower edge reenlorrenuut at 13-13 and whirh alsohas extensions formingthe inner layer 14- of each of a pair of doorclosures or flaps positioned opposite thv oar doors. The bottom is alsoturned up at the ends to 4form lower edile reenforeements 15.l The endportions of the lining each comprise an outer layer lextending downinside the fold 15 and havingr a lateral extension 17 fitting at itslower end within the fold 13 Specicatin of Letters Patent.

` beavyenough to keep the` Patented Juno 6, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 476,039.

la and forming a An inner side member ol the device. layer 1S at. earhend of the carliuing has a similar side extension 19 and the rorners arereenforced h v bending the ond of member 16 as at 20 and the end ofmember 1S as at 2l and securing them iu pliu-e. '.lhe door flaps l-l arereenforred by an inner layer 2'2 permanently.` secured thereto andhaving;r projectingr edges to close the joints between the flaps t4-aru'l side members li' and 19.

As indicated in Figures el and 5 of the lining are against the bottom,19 collapsing along: and also folding The' door closures bottoni withthe side members. the respective.

sertions folding over each other as shown in Figure 5 along lines 26extending aqross the sides and bottom. ln use the folded device shown inFigure 5 will be placed inside a rar and unfolded and the upper edges olthe ond and the side members will be secured in plat'e as bv lathing :2Twhit-h need he only edges in position. Thrl fastening: means also shouldbe only enough to bold the lalhing in place. so that the lining ran be.removed readily and without rlan'iage. (lne of the door closures l-i maythen be closed in the position shown in Figure 4 and 'istened liv tacksor laibingr` if desired, against the door are sel'. arross the doorwaysin the usual manner. this making;r a solid iniperforate in side wallregardless ofthe position of the car door. The other door rlosure mayremain on the lloor while the ends of the car are being filled andafterward may be nni'olled or unfolded as the level of the load doorclosure being placed aga-inni Hiv hoards as the load rises and iastenrdthere. ii' dei sired.

The. parts nro preferably connected soi-elif by glue or cement. thoughother means may be. employed. The door closures in certain cases mayalso be cemented in plare as. the cai' is Hlled to close the vertiralseau'xs between them and the side pieces.V The entire device may be madeat aV low oost and is easily and quickly installed by.' unskilled labor.The lining when in pince will not hinder loading or unloading as thedoor boards whirh ros flaps or openings are just as lhinge es thedoorway and allow full useiof the doors. In

' case the car is shorter than the lining, -t is a simple matter to forma; tuck or fold transverselyot' the whole to ineke it fit. the car.

' ferions changes may be ronde in my de-V vice without de mrtin from thespirit of the invention. Yhile prefer paper as thc material for theentire device, I may use cranves or other cloth, or paper with u backingof cloth or :my other suitable material. but preferably sti-if, foldublemateriel that will hold iz crease whereby Storage and transportation aremade easier, and it is also made a comparatively easy metter to takedown n. lining in one cur und a ply it to another. The ackage shown inigure muy again be folded in either direction so ns tobc one quarter ofvthe size there shown roll ten inches Wide.V

so4 as to make e he'rolled form of package is preferred as Ait takes uplittle space and doe-s awayV with' the-necessity of additional creases.The arrangement of parts may be varied as by arrangin `the inner end'outerov'erlnpping' edges o the parts in reverse order, by altering therela.- tive dimensions, Aby providing fastening or it may be rolled :1&1

`means to hold the door flaps shut, ete.

Therefore I do not limit myself to the exact structure shown Vunddescribed but only| as indicated in the appended claims. n

IHoving thus-fully described my seid 1nvention, what 'I claim as new anddesire tofsecure b letters .Pat/ent, is:

-l. A car ining for grain 'cars und the like comprising a` bottom, sidesand ends of foldable materiel, there being continuous trans verse foldlines running across the bottom end sides and dividing the same int'ofoldeble `sections, and diagonal fold lines in -the end sections of thesides, whereby the ends of the .lining may fold `down against thebottom, the sides also folding down upon the bottom', and the wholebeing then folded endwise," substantially yas set forth.

2. A csr linin.r for'gijuin cuis and the `like coznorisingo bottomextending theY length oi the oar, ends connected thereto .and sidesconnected to the ends and bottom,

said sides comprising door flaps connected toV the bottom only,substantially as set forth.

' 3. A car lining for groin cnrs and the like comprising u 'bottomextending the length ot the car, ends connected thereto and sidesconnected to the ends and bottom, seid sides 'comprising-doorflepsconnected to the @bottom only, said door lieps matching the adjoiningedges of the side members, substantially as setforth.

4. A car lining for grain cers and the like comprising u bottomextending the lcnrth of the caiends connected thereto amlsides connectedto the ends und bottom, said sides comprising,r door fiups connected tothe bottom only, and ii i'eenforcing layer extending across the bottomand the door flaps and overlapping the adjoining edges of the sidemembers, substantially as set forth.

5. A cui' lining of peper or the like having a bottom, sides :1nd endspermanently attached to each other by overlapping edges, such edgesbeing overlapped at the corners of the lining,7 to produce n doublethickness of material und so reen.i"orce the corners, substantially asset forth.

y 6. A cnr lining comprising a. foldnble peper receptacle adapted to fitinside a car, Substantially as set forth.

vi. A c'iir lining comprising a foldiible rc-` of the ends, sides undbottom being re.

enfui-euh.substantially :is set forth.

10. A car lining comprising :1 foldnble receptacle adopted to fit insiden cnr, the sides, ends and bottom portions overlapping :it the cornersand lowel edges to reenfoi'r'e said corners nnd edges, 4substrintiallyus set forth.

l1. A cer lining comprising.r a foldnble receptacle adapted to fitinside n cnr, the lower edges of the enforced, substantially ns setforth.

12. A cnr lining.r comprising :i foldablc receptacle' adapted to Fitinside a car, the bottom pox-tion overlapping the sidesiand ends toreenforce the bottom edges of the receptacle, substantially as setforth.

13. A collapsible receptaclenduptcd to (it closely inside u vehicle bodyand having permanent fold lilies` substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hund und seul at River Edge,New Jersey this 3rd day of June, A. D. nineteen hundred und t\vcntyone.

l EDWARD CLEMENT UNSER. [1.. 5.]

Witnesses: Y FnANors P. BURNS, Ennnn T. Sommes.

receptacle being ref loo

